It's understood Adelaide are keen to re-sign Doherty but salary cap pressures means his value on the open market is higher than what they can offer.

Original reports suggested O'Doherty was in the frame for a switch to John Aloisi's Roar, but they are yet to approach the Melbourne-born player.

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The Covert Agent exclusively revealed a month ago that Melbourne City duo Bruce Kamau and Ruan Tongyik were going to move to the Wanderers, and along with Marcelo Carrusca, O'Doherty would be the fourth former Adelaide player to join Gombau's revolution in Western Sydney.

O'Doherty has played 11 times for the Reds this season but was interestingly left out of the squad during Friday night's 1-1 draw against Melbourne City - ending a run of nine straight appearances in the league.